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Airstrike Hits Funeral in Yemeni Capital

Scores of mourners killed or wounded by strike carried out by Saudi-led coalition

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Mohammed Al Kibsi in Hajjah, Yemen, and

Karen Leigh in Dubai

Updated Oct. 8, 2016 3:14 p.m. ET

An airstrike hit a crowded funeral in San’a, Yemen, killing and wounding scores of mourners, officials and witnesses said.

The Saturday strike on the hall in the Yemeni capital was carried out by the Saudi-led coalition that is fighting to unseat the country’s Houthi rebels, Houthi officials said. People had gathered to mourn the father of...